Storm-protector



NiTED STATES GEORGE XV. IIARMER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STO RlVI-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,121, dated February 4;, 1896.

Application fiiea October 22,1895. seria No. 566,487. (No model.)

To all witam it may ooncern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HARMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain vnew and useful Improvements in Storm-Protectors, of which the following is a specification. v

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in storm-protectors and heatin g apparatus for persons, such as motormen, who are exposed to the elements, and has for its' obj ect to provide such a device that Will thoroughly protect a person against the inclemeney of the weather, and which, while permitting` free movements of the body, will impart sufficient artificial heat thereto to render such person comfortable at all times.

lVith these ends in view the invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, and then specifically designated by the clams.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will descrbe its construction and operation in detail, referring by number to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a man enveloped by my improved protector, in connection with the heating apparatus, which is shown in dotted lines; Fig. 2, a central Vertical section of the protector; Fig. 3, a detailed perspective of the jacket for maintaining a space between the protector and the body of the wearer and Fig. 4 is a section of the heating apparatus.

Similar numbers denote like parts in the views of the drawings.

1 represents the protector, which may be made of any suitable material, such as rubber-faced fabric, and of a shape best adapted to the particular occupation in which the wearer is engaged. I have shown the protector in this case as having sleeves 2 and a collar 3, which projects up to the ears and nose.

4 is a jacket, formed of loosely-woven Wire, so as to permit the free circulation of air through its meshes, and at the same time, when upon the wearer, to support the protec- .this opening.

tor at a slight distance from the body of said I prefer to form this jacket Without sleeves and with a collar 5, having a strap 6, o

by which it is secured around the throat, and also a strap 7, by means of which it is secured around the body of the wearer.

The heating apparatus is composed of a shield 8, sufficiently concaved upon the inner side to receive a lamp 9, and hinged to this shield at 10 is a semicircular` band 11, providedwith a bottom 12. through the front of the shield, by which air is fed to the lamp for the purpose of supporting the fiame.

The use of my improvement is as follows: The heating apparatus is placed upon the platform of a car, in proper relation to the brake and bell mechanism, when the lamp is lighted, and the motorman, after donning the protector, stands upon the bottom of the heater within the band. Thus it will be seen that the heat generated by the lamp will flow upward, around the body of the motorman, inside of the protector, and finally issue through the collar, around the neck, and through the sleeves around his wrists. By this arrangement it will be seen that as much heat may be imparted to the body of the wearer as is desired by regulating the fiame of -the lamp.

14 is an opening in the side of the heater, through which any suitable lever may pass, for the purpose of Operating the brake-pawl, or the brake-pawl itself may project through Other openings may be made in the heating apparatus, so as to give the motorman access to other levers or mechanisms, which may be essential to the controlling of the car.

In practice I have found that a very small lamp will supply sufficient heat to render a motorman entirely comfortable in the severest of weather, and as the expense is trifling and the motorman is left with the free use of his body it will be seen that my improvement provides a very desirable and useful device.

The object of the band 11 being pivoted to the shield is that when the protector is out of use it and the jacket may be folded and placed within the shield and held therein by A 13 is an opening IOO closing the band thereon, thus producing a small and convenient package for transportation.

I ani aware that many slight modifications might be made in my iinprovement as herein shown and described Without departing fron1 the spirit of my invention, which rests in the broad idea of providing a protector which shall act as a flue for the upward passage of heat generated by any suitable apparatus to Warm the body of a person Wearng said protector.

Havng thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful s l. In a device of the Character described, a protector adapted to the body of a Wearer, in combination With a spacing-jacket, by means of which free circulation of air is perinitted 'between the body of the Wearer and the pro- GEORGE XV. I-IARMER.

XXTitiiesses: a S. S. VILLIAMsoN,

IIENRY JOHNSON. 

